Griffon has no height gain yet bought expansion and payed extra 250 gold

It doesn't make sense to me that atleast if you payed all of that and cant really ascend in basic wing flap mode that atleast with descending first to pick up speed that you would gain a significant amount more height on the way up. Have to work off all that mastery point work and experience as well and still can't gain height. There is only 3 mastery lines as opposed to other mounts. Will we atleast be able to go higher soon with 4th mastery line? I just feel disappointed with that.

I paid PoF ultimate and my springer wont even eat a sylvari.

Can I have the griffon? Maybe, oh, read what it does before investing the time/gold?

There is a way to gain height in-flight permanently with the Griffin, but it is extremely difficult. The funny thing is, Anet is actually following real world physics when it comes to flight with the Griffin. (At least I think they are) there was a post in the forums about how to gain altitude with Griffin but I honestly cannot remember where it was.

You must not be using Griffin right. I've been able to climb higher with my Griffin, although it's not a huge climb it still allowed me to reach places a little bit higher than I was previously.

It's not meant to be a true flight mount, just an advanced glider.

@Risensoul Shockwave.1564 said:It doesn't make sense to me that atleast if you payed all of that and cant really ascend in basic wing flap mode that atleast with descending first to pick up speed that you would gain a significant amount more height on the way up. Have to work off all that mastery point work and experience as well and still can't gain height. There is only 3 mastery lines as opposed to other mounts. Will we atleast be able to go higher soon with 4th mastery line? I just feel disappointed with that.

I'm sorry you're not having fun with your non-maxed Griffon. Maybe after you finish the mastery and have tried some of the Griffon challenges, you'll feel differently. Me? I love the griffon. I'm still learning how to make it do my bidding and it's a huge amount of fun.

The griffon has you aboard, that's why he can't Fly properly.

I bought the expansion and I didn't get to press F to show respect

The ability to maintain your height is actually quite an OP ability already. In terms of on-the-ground hopping ability, I would say the Griffon would be comparable to an untraited Springer (who you probably already traited) - so it's not like getting to high ground is ever an issue.

I personally think the Griffon is fun as is, and adding the ability to ascend would take away from the choices of where best to take off from.

Its a super glider, not a flying mount

Personally, I think they did it the right way. I wouldn't want WoW style flying mounts in GW2. It just doesn't fit.

@Haishao.6851 said:I paid PoF ultimate and my springer wont even eat a sylvari.

But now with my raptor I can actually outrun a centaur

@Ayakaru.6583 said:

Its a super glider, not a flying mount

This is about as accurate as it gets. For one, Anet announced ahead of time that mounts were being introduced into the game as vehicles for movement manipulation (jumping higher, traversing certain difficult terrains, etc) rather than how mounts traditionally operate in other MMO's. Thus, a lot of players were surprised with how mount-esque the final revision of Griffon turned out.

Sure, you can't gain any more height than your initial altitude, but the fact that I can start my altitude, dive bomb, turn that momentum unto horizontal speed, create a sonic boom, and then return to my starting altitude is insane for a game that introduced mounts as an expansion feature. Bonus points because they updated pre-existing maps to work with this new feature.

I bought the expansion but my bunny does not multiply :(

I sold 58 bolts of damask to cover half the cost of new mount dye unlocks because I didn't want to pay $20. Where is my support, team?

Well, they could allow for griffons to use updrafts at least. This has been debated before with people for and against. I won't change my mind, all for in that area, no question about it. Then add updrafts in more places across all maps.

@Haishao.6851 said:I paid PoF ultimate and my springer wont even eat a sylvari.

I paid for ultimate and my raptor refuses to eat Charr. I know your pain.

@OGDeadHead.8326 said:Well, they could allow for griffons to use updrafts at least. This has been debated before with people for and against. I won't change my mind, all for in that area, no question about it. Then add updrafts in more places across all maps.

At least I guess that...although even adding more height after descending and ascending multiple times I don't think would be unreasonable..it still takes time and work to get up to that height.

@Nick Lentz.6982 said:I bought the expansion and I didn't get to press F to show respect

Well, technically...

I have been able to gain height consistently with my griffon though only a little at a time and eventually hitting max height which is well above the map hitting cloud level. It actually takes skill but isn't as hard as people think.

It is with full Masteries and done consecutively and in quick succession:

Aim camera downwards at ground > Swoop/dive mount ability 1 > keep camera pointing at ground, press space bar firmly once for speed boost and immediately after > pull up all the way by holding mount ability 2 or backwards movement key, helps to pull your camera pointing up at sky too

The concept is dive part 1 and dive part 2 with sonic boom and rocket up

These are done in rapid succession and consecutively if you want the height gain. You repeat for consistent height gain. You need high enough starting point so long as you won't hit the ground. You do not need to have good timing if you do all these things in rapid succession.

If you want to rocket across a map horizontally you aim your camera horizontally when you speed boost and hold space bar and just let it go nuts

Well I earned 250 gold but not worth it? Really? It's a griffon...... Enough said.

@"Nick Lentz.6982" said:I bought the expansion and I didn't get to press F to show respect

I can't remember if this is the default interaction key or if I rebound it, but either way, that dream is within your grasp.

I got the griffon and I am kinda disappointed and regret I have.I thought you'll be able to quite literally fly on it. But it is just a glider 2.0

I absolutely love the griffin. It is all about having the right expectations. It is a lovely mount to quickly climb rocky terrain, glide further and quicker than any HoT glider and it just looks great.

I bought the expansion, paid the 250 gold, and my toyota still cant fly...for long.

/rage